"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

Well, I tried running this morning but about .17 into it I knew that it was a no go so I turned back for home. At that point I was very depressed and frustrated and wondering why this is happening to me again, after some soul searching I thought about trying the elliptical and much to my surprise I was able to knock out 60 minutes with no pain. I guess I need to take small step's to get to where I want to be. I did a 20 minute warm up and then I ran the contenders course with resistance up to 5 for 20 minutes and then I did a 20 minute cool down with some quick intervals mixed in. I finished up with some strength training on my upper body and then some push-ups, I still don't know why it hasn't healed up yet but at least I was able to do something... I'm not as down as I was but I really miss running and I want to get back at it. I plan on seeing a doctor sometime this week just to get checked out to see if there is another course to go.

See ya tomorrow.

The good old elliptical this morning again, started with 22 minute warm up and then did the program #3 which is 30 minutes with the resistance peaking at 7 my HR maxed at 161 and was between 155 and 160 for most of that 30 minutes, I then cooled down for 10 minutes for a total of 62 minutes.  I tried the treadmill for a few minutes just to test my achillies cuz it felt pretty good but after a few minutes I could feel the same old problem so I stopped. I was able to do some leg lifts on the Bowflex, 3 sets of each leg, it didn't seem to bother my achillies so I'll try and do that a couple of times a week, no calf raises though.

See ya tomorrow.

My son Ethan and I went fishing up to starwberry so I didn't get anything done today, we left pretty early, 5:00am, and then by the time we got back the day was shot. It was a bummer of a day, no bites and no fish, we've never had that happen before, but it was a good day to be out with my son Ethan, that's never a bummer;) Hopfully tomorrow I can get some time in on the elliptical, see ya then.

Later.

PM- I went and had an ultrsound on my achillies and everything looked great no tears at all and he said the tendon looked strong, but there is some fluid to the side of it on the inside of the foot and that is what's giving me the problem... He is a runner too and he was optimistic that it will heal up and I should be able to do SG,  stretching and Icing is in order for the next while along with the good old elliptical, oh joy!...

I guess thats better than nothing at all:)

I decided that when I got home from work that I needed to get my butt on the elliptical and get a good workout done for the day so thats what I did. I started out on the ellitpical 10 minute warm up and the 25 minutes of intervals with the last 12 minutes at 100 on the RPM, HR was at 155 to 160 at this point for a total of 30 minutes. After that I did program number 5, which is 30 minutes and the resistance peaks at 7 two times during the 30 minutes, HR was at 150 and 160 during this session and then I finished up with another 10 minutes at an easy comfortable pace for a grand total of 70 minutes on the elliptical. I then did some strecthing and I jumped on the treadmill for 1 mile at a 9:30 pace just to test out the achillies and it felt pretty darn good. the heel lift seem to help and I felt like I could have done more but I didn't. My doctor wants me to stay with the elliptical for awhile but he said I could run 1 to 2 miles on the treadmill if the pain stayed at a 1 or a 2 and that is what it was today, but he wants the pace to be easy. I finished up with some leg raises, 3 sets on each leg.

I feel pretty good about the workout, I just have to stay with it mentally until I get back out on the road.

See later.